Pipe Fever
Released
Build a pipe to the drain before the gloop catches up. The long way pays more.
Pipe Fever is a race against the gloop, on an old tin plumbing toy. Pipes come one at a time, and you can't turn them. Place each one, keep it in your pocket for later, or put it out of the way. When the countdown ends, the gloop starts to flow. Get it to the drain before it spills.
The shortest way is safe. Every extra pipe scores double.
Modes
- Arcade gets faster every level and adds new parts, like one-way pipes, valves and manholes.
- Contract is a run of nine boards. Between boards you pick tools, from copper elbows to dynamite.
- Daily job gives everyone the same board for the day. You get three tries.
- The Workshop has no timer and no score. Build anything, then open the valve.
Scoring
- Send the gloop through a cross pipe twice for a loop bonus.
- Speed up the gloop, and every pipe after that scores double.
- Leaderboards, 22 achievements, and new toy colours to unlock.
Options
- Four speeds, from Classic to Zen, where the gloop waits for you.
- Bigger text, four gloop colours, high contrast, reduced motion and strong sound cues.
Controls
Left click places a pipe. Right click puts it in your pocket. F opens the tap or speeds up the gloop. E closes the valve. Backspace undoes a misclick. P pauses. The arrow keys and Space work too, and so does a gamepad.
English and French.
Instruments from the Versilian Community Sample Library (CC0). Sound effects from the Sonniss GDC Game Audio Bundles and 99Sounds. Wood, paper, props and wear from Poly Haven and ambientCG (CC0). Font: Barlow by Jeremy Tribby (SIL Open Font License). Achievement icons by Delapouite, Lorc, Skoll and Carl Olsen, game-icons.net (CC BY 3.0).